Stanton Cottage, 224 Collingwood Street is an Italianate
villa, built approximately 1865.
About the area
The streets around Brougham Street and Upper Collingwood
Street are often known as Nelson's Dress
Circle[sitetree_link,id=374], due to their...

Pre-dam schemes
The Maitai River was first considered for water supply in
the 1930s. At this time the Brook
Scheme[sitetree_link,id=549] (commissioned in 1867) was
unable to meet demand.
Rather than proceed...